About This Lesson
<p>Can you locate the lost giraffe? Input coordinates to help you search and find the giraffe in the fewest guesses</p>Aligned to Common Core State Standard: 5.G.2
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Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.
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SML Member
December 18, 2011
cboutin
June 11, 2013
Practicing plotting coordinates in the first quadrant is approached in a very interesting way that students will enjoy.
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This is an excellent resource, students have to input coordinates to find the location of a giraffe. Each time they guess they are told how far away they are, so after a few guesses it is possible to work out the position using this information. This requires students to understand coordinates and think strategically, but it also develops ideas of loci so it could be used as an introduction to this topic. There are some very helpful teacher notes on the link which explain how you might build a lesson around this activity. Thank you for sharing.